Vehicle Description
Owned By The Current Family For 25 Years, This Car Has Been In
Numerous Parades And Advertisements (Model T Times Magazine in
1975).
However, in the first years of production from 1908 to 1913, the
Model T was not available in black but rather only gray, green,
blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars,
coupes, and Landaulets. Gray was only available for the town cars,
and red only for the touring cars
This Car Was Also Featured In The Documentary "The Fox River Valley
and Chain O' Lakes" Narrated By Geoffrey Baer Whereby A Boat, A
Model T (This Car!) And A Bicycle Tour Through The Chain O' Lakes
Region Along The Fox River, Exploring Historic Towns And Small
Industrial Cities Along The Way.
The 1912 Ford Model T Touring Car was supplied with four doors that
were removable and enclosed the front compartment. It was equipped
with a four cylinder engine that had a bore of 3 3/4 inches, stroke
of 4 inches and a displacement of 176.7 cubic inches. This engine
was rated at 22 horsepower. Nearly 51,000 1912 Ford Model T Touring
Cars were produced at a cost of only $690.00.
With a reported top speed of 45 miles per hour, this Touring would
the perfect car for an historic tour, parades or to become involved
your favorite vintage car collectors group. Having been stored in a
climate controlled museum-like facility since its restoration has
insured this Touring is the perfect "T" for you.
Engine Number: 89963
Engine: 177 cid/22 HP L-head in-line four cylinder
Updated With Electric Starter
Transmission: 2-speed Planetary gears; 1 reverse.
Brakes: Mechanical drum on rear wheels
Outfitted With:
Phinney-Walker Clock
Stewart & Clark Speedometer
Kerosene Brass Lanterns
Carbide Driving Brass Lights With Brass Carbide Generator Tank
White Rubber Floor Mat
White Rubber Pneumatic Tires, Includes Two Extra Tires
The improved front and rear axles and updated engines also
introduced in 1911 were carried over unchanged. Although the Model
T is regularly credited with being the earliest mass-produced
automobile, Ford's revolutionary moving production line wasn't
introduced until 1913, with earlier Model Ts built in the
traditional labour-intensive manner. More than 15 million Model Ts
were built between 1908 and 1927, helping transform American
society and the Ford is rightly regarded as the most influential
automobile of the era. With relatively few survivors, brass-era
Model Ts - like the example on offer here - are highly prized by
collectors today.
The Model T, affectionately known around world as the Tin Lizzie,
was introduced in October 1908. The rugged mechanicals, strong
performance and great value made the Model T a runaway sales
success, putting motoring in reach of millions of Americans for the
first time. Powered by an L-head four-cylinder unit of 176.7-cid
displacement developing 22 horsepower, the Ford employed a
foot-operated planetary-type gear-change with two forward speeds
plus reverse. Suspension consisted of a transverse semi-elliptic
leaf spring at each corner and the wooden-spoked wheels were shod
with pneumatic tyres, while braking was carried out by expanding
bands on the transmission and hand-operated brakes acting on the
rear wheels. With prices ranging from $850 to $1000 in 1909, the
Model T offered fantastic value for money and demand soon
threatened to outstrip supply
